The olive tree is what made Athena win the name of the city.
Top 10 facts about Athena:
Athena the goddess of wisdom and military victory,and also the patron of the city Athens was Hercules half-sister. Hercules is famous for his strength and for numorous far-ranging adventures.Athena became goddess of wisdom and military victory in 449-420BC. This all happened in Olympus.
Athena sprang full grown and armored from Zues' forhead,thus no mother. Hermes had to split open Zues' head to get Athena out.Athena is born like this because she didn't have a mother.
Athena is fierce and brave in battle, but only wars to defended the state and home from outside enemies. What she did to seem fierce is she never lost a battle. Most of the battles happened in Olympus.
The most used expression to describe Athena is ''The Bright Eyed''. Everyone describes her as Athena that because shes always helping other people giving them advise or assistance.
Athens is Athena's city. The olive tree,created by her,is her tree;the owl is her birth consentracted to her. This happened around 449-420 BC in Olympus.They named the city after her because her and Posiedon both wanted the city to be named after them ,so the elders of the city made a contest where which ever god gives a better gift to the city wins.
Athena looks like a woman wearing a helmet holding a shield and spear, often with an owl. She carried an owl on her shoulder because it was her symbol, also because it was an sacred animal.
Athena is one of Zues' favorite daughters because they shared a lightning bolt. Zues is Athena's dad and also the father of gods.
Even though Athena is the goddess of war, shes also associated with peace and compassion. This happened around 449-420 BC. Athena is associated with those too because shes nice and doesn't just fight and battle people.
Athena helped Perseus slay Medusa. Medusa is a hideous monster with a head full of snakes and if you look her in the eyes you turn to stone. This happened around 449-420 BC. This happened in Olympus. They slayed Medusa because she kept turning innocent people into stone. Medusa was originally beautiful Zues' thought she was too. Athena got mad and jealous and put a spell on her to make her hideous.
This is Zues Athenas dad holding the lightning bolt they share together.
Explanation of the colors: I picked pink for the glitter text because she is a girl. I used grey because i thought that light grey went with the pink.
Explanation of the music: I used semi soft music in the beginning and then went to a little more intense and then to fighting music to indicate she is battling someone and she wins.
Top 10 facts about Athena:
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Explanation of the colors:
I picked pink for the glitter text because she is a girl.
I used grey because i thought that light grey went with the pink.
Explanation of the music: I used semi soft music in the beginning and then went to a little more intense and then to
fighting music to indicate she is battling someone and she wins.
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